Daddojanam in temple style made with rice, curd and spices.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 25 minutes
  • Total time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

  • ½ cup rice
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • 1 ½ cups curd ((yogurt))
  • ½ cup full fat milk (pre boiled)
  • 1 ½ tsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp cumin (/ jeera)
  • 1 Pinch hing
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • ¾ tbsp chana dal
  • ½ tbsp urad dal
  • ½ tsp pepper (coarsely crushed)

Method

Preparation

  1. Wash half cup rice and soak for 20 mins. Soft cook it with 1.5 cups water in a pressure cooker for 2 whistle on a medium flame. You can also cook in a pot adding more water as needed.
  2. When the pressure goes down, open the lid and mash the rice soft while it is still very hot.
  3. Add boiled milk to the hot rice and mix up very well.
  4. Set aside to cool.

How to make daddojanam

  1. When the rice cools completely, Add curd and salt. Mix up well.
  2. Heat oil in a kadai.
  3. Add mustard and cumin. When they crackle, fry the dals until lightly golden.
  4. Add curry leaves, pepper and hing. Switch off the stove.
  5. Pour this over the curd rice.
  6. Mix well and offer as naivedhyam.This is good to serve after 2 to 3 hours.
  7. You can garnish daddojanam with pomegranate or grated carrots and cucumber.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.